The Fox Family
The Fox Family is a 2006 South Korean film. Made on a budget of, the film is a musical comedy about the kumiho of Korean mythology.
Plot
Disguising themselves as humans, a family of kumiho travel from their home in the mountains to the city. The kumiho can only truly become human if they consume a human liver during an eclipse that occurs once every thousand years, and with just thirty days to go they open a circus in the hope of attracting some victims. But the only person they succeed in capturing is conman Gi-dong, and things get complicated when the family's eldest daughter falls in love with him. In addition, a series of murders in the city brings the family under suspicion from a local police department.Cast
- Joo Hyun as Father fox
- Park Jun-gyu as Gi-dong, camera man
- Ha Jung-woo as Son fox
- Park Si-yeon as Older daughter fox
- Ko Joo-yeon as Younger daughter fox
- Sunwoo Yong-nyeo as Mother fox
- Park Chul-min as detective
- Woo Hyun as Mr. Hong
- Yoon Hyeon-sook as Ms. Hwang
- Wang Ji-hye as convenience store girl
- Kang Yu-mi as female reporter
- Kim Hee-ra as man living in the container
- Byun Joo-yeon as Gi-dong's daughter
- Byun Shin-ho as elderly lady Oh
- Lee Bong-kyu as bathhouse owner
- Hong Gyung-yeon as middle aged woman in cabaret
- Kim Young-woong as reporter
Release
The Fox Family was released in South Korea on 27 September 2006, and on its opening weekend was ranked seventh at the box office with 39,025 admissions. The film went on to receive a total of 202,990 admissions nationwide, with a gross of.In August 2007, The Fox Family was screened at the 3rd Jecheon International Music & Film Festival.